The car manufacturer said affected customers would be contacted about having their car recalled and repaired.

“The fix takes around one hour and the work will be performed free of charge. This is not related to any Takata recall,” it added.

Takata has recalled some 100 million airbags produced for some of the world’s largest automakers, including about 70 million in the United States, because of the risk that they could improperly inflate and rupture, potentially firing deadly shrapnel at the vehicle’s occupants.

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